23, April 2015 More Police
Brutality
In what has fast becoming an epidemic of police violence against African
Americans hardly a day goes by when we are confronted with yet another
senseless killing. Following the fatal shooting of Eric Harris on Tulsa
Oklahoma, three supervisors were reassigned after refusing to falsify
shooter, Bates’s, training records. The County Sheriff Stanley Glanz said he
was "not aware of" any falsification, but acknowledged records are
missing. How convenient!
In Baltimore, Maryland, six police officers have been
suspended over the death of a man whose neck was broken and voice box crushed in
police custody. An autopsy confirmed Gray died of spinal cord injuries while
inside a police van. The victim, Gray gasping for breath begged for an asthma
inhaler but in callous disregard for his life
medical help was delayed for 40 minutes.
In Illinois, an off-duty Chicago police detective opened
fire on a group of people, killing unarmed African-American woman, Rekia Boyd,
and injuring her friend, Antonio Cross. The judge acquitted the shooter, before
the defense even called a witness.
These appalling incidents of police violence sends a
troubling message that police officers are above the law. The US public needs
to voice their outrage over these killings before aggrieved blacks vent their
rage with violence.
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